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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Board game club attendees play a game at Hobby Corner located in the Sycamore Mall on Thursday, June 6, 2019.

Opinion: We should all be in search of new hobbies

Signe Nettum, Opinions Columnist May 13, 2020

Like any Generation Z, or Millennial — I was born in 2000, so I branch that weird gap between the two — I am glued to either my smartphone, laptop, or gaming controller. Yes, I will proclaim to...

Newly-elected Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, speaks at the Iowa State Capitol on Monday, January 13, 2020. The House convened and leaders in the Iowa House of Representatives gave opening remarks to preview their priorities for the 2020 session.

Opinion: Let’s play ball

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist May 13, 2020

High school athletics are a crucial thread in the social fabric that binds our state, and our country, together as a whole. They are even more important than professional sports because young adults...

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Senior Column: A senior reflects on time learning rugby, and how it is more than just a sport

Naomi Hofferber, Arts Reporter May 12, 2020

Junior year, I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning. Seasonal depression had hit me hard, and I felt like I had hit a plateau — in my work with The Daily Iowan that I loved so much, in school,...

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Senior Column: DI taught me I can do anything

Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor May 12, 2020

I remember being scared in first grade. One afternoon, I walked in on my mom looking up information on stuttering on the website for the Stuttering Foundation of America. I had just started stuttering...

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Senior Column: It’s true: I survived college without becoming a liberal

Marina Jaimes, Opinions Columnist May 12, 2020

Reflecting on my last piece for The Daily Iowan, one thing in particular comes to mind about the graduating class of 2020: our college years were dominated by national politics. From the moment...

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Senior Column: Being uprooted leads to new beginnings

Andy Mitchell, Digital Producer May 12, 2020

Four years ago, I spent my last days in a dying high school with a constant dull pang in my stomach, constantly overwhelming the elation that comes with graduation. My class had less than 100 students...

Senior Column: For the love of the written word

Senior Column: For the love of the written word

Charles Peckman, News Writer May 12, 2020

When I graduated from high school in 2016, I bore a striking resemblance to Bill Hader’s character, Fear, from the animated movie Inside Out. The similarity was physical — I am 6-feet tall and...

Opinion: Inserting ‘mental breaks’ into our lives is more important now than ever

Opinion: Inserting ‘mental breaks’ into our lives is more important now than ever

Hannah Pinski, Opinions Columnist May 11, 2020

We are now heading toward the third month of social distancing and what seems to be the “new normal.” The hustling cities and streets are still ghost towns and more events for the summer of 2020...

Aadit Tambe poses for a photograph on the rooftop terrace of the Newseum during the National College Media Convention in Washington on Nov. 3, 2019. The DI website was recognized as an Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Finalist.

Senior Column: The DI has been my home away from home

Aadit Tambe, Managing Digital Editor May 10, 2020

Two days before my deadline, I was struggling to pen this narrative. I decided to take a break and go on a stroll to clear the clutter of thoughts in my head. As I stepped outside my building, I felt...

Marissa Payne poses outside Jessup Hall, where the UI central administration works, with her investigative reporting award on May 9, 2020. She earned the Iowa Newspaper Association’s honor for her April 2019 Modern Piping scoop on the Pharmacy Building change order and thought this photo summed up her relationship with the UI.

Senior Column: The UI pushes Hawkeyes to change the world. Thanks to the DI, I’m ready.

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief May 10, 2020

It sunk in that my time reporting on the University of Iowa was ending the morning of May 6 as my last President Bruce Harreld interview wrapped up. Indulging in my request for sappy senior talk, he...

Contributed/Kayli Reese

Senior Column: A UI senior’s walk down a photographic memory lane

Kayli Reese, Cops & Courts Editor May 10, 2020

I’ve never really been a picture person, preferring not to miss memories as they happen in real time. However, as I struggled to try to find a way to sum up my experience at The Daily Iowan, I found...

Contributed/Katina Zentz

Senior Column: Putting the lens cap on senior year

Katina Zentz, Creative Director May 10, 2020

I remember standing on the football field in San Diego with the cheers of celebration ringing through the stadium. The players held up their trophy in celebration of the 2019 Holiday Bowl win. Banners...

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